Keyless lock and permutation wheel for the same



2 Sheets-Shee M. WILDRICK KEYLESS LOCK AND PERMUTATION WHEEL FOR THE SAME gwomhn; 4 A1/de www www Patented Mar. 30, 1926.

` i. I 'Y MEADEy WILDRICII,` orf SAVANNAH; GEORGIA, AssIGIvoR 'ro WQII 'KEYEEssjri-oi,

PANE; LIMITED; or IIoNoIIU-EU', TERRITORY' OEIIAWAII; A `oORI'ORII'JJIQNi oIfjrIIE4 `TERRITORY for' HAWAII-L Applicatonled October 27,1924: Serialho..746,176.y v

To all whom t may oooweww y Be it known that I, MEADE yWILDRIOK, a

citizen of the United States, residing` at i others skilled in the art to which it Savannah, in thecounty of Chatham and Statel of Georgia, have invented'certam new and. useful Improvements; in Y. Keyless vLocks* and Permutation `Wheels` Y for the Same; and I- do hereby declare the follow-l ing. to be ya iull,clear, and exact descripf` tion' ofthe invention, such as Willf enable.

s appel" tains to make and use the same.

v'Ihis invention relatesito: keyless locks and permutation Wheelsjfior .the same and-V, has for one of. its objects to provide I a floclc of this character and aai/heeltherefor'ivhiclif will be l simple in construction,,fcompara-V l tively;` inexpensive to manufacture anch more elicient in use thanV those vheretofore pro-A posed. n A further object of the Invention :1s-,to

. provide a permutationWheelY which ispar' ticularly adaptedl for use i with keyless locks of the,- general type` shown inthe; prior copending'applicationf off Meade VVildrick andy Alexander G. Hatch,; Serial No. 728,770,

filed July 28, 1924',.entitled"Keyless lockr?,

and inthe patent to. Alexander G. Hatch,

No. 1,555,969, granted'iOctober 6, 1925, and entitled Improvements in keyless locks.

With the above'and.I other objects in viewv Figure 1 is a rear elevationalviefv, partly brokenv away, and section, of one formf oflockA such asisidescribed and claimed in thesaid patent ofA. G. I-IatolnPatentNo;

1,555,969, thesaid lock being'p'rovided WithV yone formof permutation Wheelconstructed' in VaccordanceV with the present invention; Fig 2 is a centralvertical sectional vien7 oflthepartsshown in Fig. l; Y Y Fig'. 3 is anrenlarg'edfside `elevationalView of. one of thepermutatiou Wheels; Y

Wheels? and Fig. 9.Y is la ,side elevational y KEYLESS-LOOKANUPERMUTATION WHEEL FOR"rIlIlEf'SLA'IY'IVE"' Fig. 4- is central sectionalvieW .throuo'h'g Fig.; 5" isV an elevational@ vie-vv of" a dog'l ref.; vtaining disk or member jemployedin the;y

Wheell lshown in Figs` Sfand: 41';

ivFig.- 6 is a rear `elevational viewzj off ai somewhat diderent type; o-:lockfs'imilarto that:l disclosedVl in; theV said?` Wildriok Aand*K I-Iatch application No1 V" 28,77 0 fwith: a some-.fV

Whaty modifiedl formY 'ofyvvheelf employed? Fig. 7 isfa vert-ical*cross-sectional@ view'.

through thezlock showny in- Figa; .and

Flg4 8;- 'is an enlarged'` ,centralr` sectionalx vlevv through one,y of the modified. formssof yof the partsshown ini Fig. 8;. e c I Referring more particularly.- to the Figuresgl! to 5.\inclusive;-v thejnume'ral 110i' ine dcatesfa lock vcasingI irl-.Which is suitably mounted-ashaft 11iJ 'Upo'nfthe said shaft" 1s rotatably mountedfa; plurality of permutation Wheelsor disks-l2,`v each ofvvhioli is viewl' provided oni one of its-flat. faces; With' an f annular rib 13- providedffvvith1 a.cut-awayv portion Zit-through 'vvhi'ch'thel toe 15 of the` lockingA bolt: 1.6 iis. adaptedwtowpass to'ilock and' unlock ytheffbolt-i in the` manner- -fully set fortl-iwin` .the-` saidlIIatch Patenty No.A

bolt 16",is'slidablymountedf-for-movementV i SII` transversely oi:t the axis of: the shaft-,11" and it is adaptedobejreciprocated" by means nis highly desirable in. uam-yp@ if-iode' :thatv provisionbe made whereby the com-- bination necessaryv to controlfthe movements of thebolt may be changed from time: to

.time and to 'this endthepermutation Wheels 4 l2are-O a peculiar construction? and; as:l is

`clearly shown in Figs, 3,v #ima-nd. 5, vthese Wheels comprise a disk; or body member- 25 having ahub 26:to=receive the shaft Il and the said member 25aisf further' provided Yl l. of the-'transverse shaft 17";Which carries .':i 1 .f AvfingerpiecelS and'adislmnember 19",;Whi`c'h latter,is-,provided with a'radial slot f 2O along. the-flatfvface oppositeztothe annular Y rib 13` vvith a 'second annulanJi-ibzorproje A Ysame is aY ring member 30, the o-uter circumference of which is provided with suitable indicia 31, as shown in Fig. l. The said ring member is also provided with a reduced annular hub vportion 32 into which the disk or closure member 29 is received when the parts are assembled, `as is'clearly indicated in Fig. 4. The-'said hub portion 32 is also provided upon itsy inner circumference Vwith a plurality of arcuately spaced notches or recesses 34 which are adapted to receive the nose of the slidable dog 35 whichrdog is mountedk in. a .slot or cut-away portion 36 l ofv the annular rib 27' of the diskrmember which is mounted within the recess 28,

25. The=inner end ofthe dogf35 projects slightly beyond the inner circumference of the rib 27 and-is engaged by the spring 37 as clearly shown in Figs. 3 and-4. v The dog-35 is alsoprovided with anangular pin or extension 38 which projectsoutwardlythrougli a slot 39 formed in the disk member 29, so

that said dog may be manually manipulated as will appear more fully below.v The disk member 29 may be retained in position-:by means of suitable `screws 40 passing therev through andengaging in the disk member 25.

Assuming the parts to be inA the. position shown in Figs. 3 and 4, should it be desired to change the combination, it isonly necessary to move-.the dog 35 radially inwardly by means of the extension 38, so as tovdisengage the nose of the said dog'from the recess'34 which it happens to be occupy ing, whereupon kthe ring member 30 is unlocked from engagement with' theV body 'or disk member 25V and may be freely rotated thereon.` The'relative positions of the two members may therefore be changed and when the desired' position has been rear-,hed

the dog 35 maybe released whereupon thel spring 37 will again force its nose into one 1 of the recesses 34 thereby efficiently locking thepartstogether again. v y

In some forms of lock it may be possible e to accomplish `movements of the dog 35 die rectly Vvby means of the lingers, but it ifs preferred to provide means upon the lock casing. l0 'whereby' this-may be effectively accomplished without access being vhad to the interior ofthe casing. To this end there isl provided upon the rear member 4l` of the casing a bossV 42 which is provided with a.

bore 43 through which passes a push member 44. The said member is-provided with a collar or` enlargement 45 behind which is mounted a coiled spring 46 which spring normally urges the said push 'member 44 toward the right, as viewed in Fig. 2.

The parts are so designed and constructed that the inner end of thevpush member 44 is preferably beveled, as indicated at 48, in close proximity to the angular extension 38 of the dog 35 `and when the member 44 is pushed inwardly the beveled Vend l48 of the said member-will 'engage the said extensionv 38 toy force the dog 35. out of its recess 34. With the parts held in this position, it is an easy matter to rotate the ring member 30 from the front of the lock as will be clear from Fig. 2 until the new position of the said member has been attained, whereupon byreleasing thepusli member 44,the

f parts will be restored to the positions shown in the ydrawings and the ring member 30 .efficiently locked to the body member25.

Referring now to the modified form of wheel shown in Figs. `6 to 9inclusive which is 4particularly adaptedfor use in the form of-lock yshown in the co-pending application of Meade Viildrick andiA. G; Hatch, No. 728,770, 'it will `be noted that this lock comprises a casing 5() in which is slidably mounted a bolt 5l having astud or shaft 52 rigid therewith and upon which is-mounted the permutation wheels 53. Asis clearly-.and

fully disclosed inthe said lVVi-ldrick and4 Hatch application, this form of lock operates through the movement of the bolt 5l, the

stud 52 of which is provided with suitable lugs orL projections 54 which are adapted to move through axialykeyways -55 Vtormed in the permutation wheels. Y.

These wheels, asis shown in detail in Figs. 8 and 9, comprise the boclyinembers 56, upon the exterior circumference of'which 1s loosely mounted the indicia bearing ring Ymember-57. The `said body member 56 is Y also provided with areduced lhub 58, the

exterior circumference `of which is provided H with a plurality of arcuately spaced notches or recesses 59, the -member 57 isalso prollOV vided with a recess60 in which is mounted an L-sliaped dog 61 which is. pivoted Aas at 62 to the said member 57 and the angular extension 63.of which is positioned to engage the said notches 59 as will lbe clear from Figs. 8 and 9. rl`he said dog 6l is also provided with a pin or extension 64 which .projects outwardly through ay slot 65 formed in the retaining ring 66 whereby movements of the saiddog 61 may be .controlled. A suitable flat spring 67. is `positioned within the recess (S0-behind saiddog 6l and normally urges its toe 63 linto an engagement with the notches 59. n

The operation of shifting the combination with this form of wheel is similar tothat already described in connection with the previous form, except, of course, that the pendently settable permutation tumblers mounted in said casing, each of'said tuml fmechanismIk includingy a locking bolt movnotches also serve as deten't notches forA receiving a portion of the detent springs 69, which are carried by the lock casingfO, see Fig. 7, whereby the wheels are held in any desired position.

A suitable push member 70 may also be provided in this rform of lock for releasing l. A lock comprising a casing.,v av lockl mechanism including a plurality otV indeblers comprising a, lconcealed lock-control `ling element and an'indicia-bearing element exposed for manipulationthrough a slot in saidl casing, couplings normally preventing relative combination changing movements between-the composite elements of said tumfv rvblers, and couplingldisabling means. acces- I' sible from the vexterior of the assembledl lock whereby said lcouplings may herrendered ine'ective, thereby permitting said' indicia-bearing to be directly and independ-V entlymoved to effect a-change inthe com-1j bination of the llock Whilesaid lock-controlling elements are held fast. v y f 2. A lock comprising a casing, va lock mechanism including a plurality of permutation tumblers mounted in said casing, eachV of said tumblers comprising a concealed lockcontrollingl element and an indicia-'bearing element exposed for manipulation through va slot in said casing, couplings normally pre-.

venting relative movement between the com# posite elements of said tumblers, landindi- 'trolling element is held fast.

vvidual `disabling" devices accessible from i the 4 exterior of theassembled lock Whereby`the lrespective lcouplings may be selectively rendered ineffective, thereby permitting the tindicia-bearingv element of any of said tuniblers to be movedto eii'ect a change inthe i recess of the lock-controlling element,y and a yieldably-engaged coupling inV said recess velement, a slotted disk fitted `vvithinjsaidf-V i indicia-bearing element for closing said;

for binding the composite elements of the I i rwheel together and against'relativeyrotafv tion, said coupling( having a slidably through said slotte disk for ma nipulation from the exterior of said recess.

Cpart projecting e Y 4. lA loclccomprising a casing, a) lock 'l ablyj mount'edv'in the casing, a plurality of rpermutationtumblers in said: casing, each vcomprising ay lock-:controlling element having a part lat one side for cooperation'with said bolt and la.. recess atl its opposite side, an

lockcontrolling element,A a slotted plate fit-v ted withinsaid indiciabearing element for closing said recess lof the lock-controlling` element, a yieldably-engaged coupling in j saidrecess for binding rthecomposite elements of. the `tumbler'together and against-y .relative vrotation,A saidr coupling-having a .V.V

part projecting through said slotted plate Y but concealed` within the casing, and inde-l pendent `means mounted through the casing oroperation on the exteriorl of the casing whereby toengalge said parts of thecou-l sav plings and disenga'ge said couplings-,to per mit oit' relative rotation'in the tumber elements. u

' MEADE WILDRICK. 

